In this chapter, we learn that cheng's favorite thing to do is to wear branded clothes, but she can't afford to buy them. This is because she's a woman, and it's hard for her to be a woman in a male-dominated society. Worried that he's being hypocritical, tianlei asks if cheng is regretting that he asked her to let him do whatever he wants. . , . is just selfish and hypocritical, he says. responsibilities, or other people's lives, are just as important as your dignity, he adds. Esteem is really important in this society, he tells us, because women are forced to bow down to men and give up their own self-respect. He tells talone to remember what he promised him, and then he leaves. He's also scared of the apocalypse and the zombies, and he wants to protect cheng from them.